Hello,
This is my first post to this website. I have kept fish for at least 14 years. I have fresh water tank for the first 11 years. I had cichlids in a 20 high a year before I got into salt water tanks. Three years ago I switched to reef tanks. I got good at reef keeping and now I want to go back to fresh water. I just bought a used 90 gallon tank and I plan on setting it up with cichlids instead of saltwater.
This time I would like to do it properly and I'm not sure how different the system setup for fresh water is from salt water. I have a small sump with some bio-balls and a mag drive 7 for a return. For lights I have a wave point 4x54w t5ho light. I know it is too much for this tank and would like to go with a few simple LED strips.
The stuff I am not sure about is the kinds of rocks and substrate I can use. Will I need more power heads? Can I put live plants in the tank with them?
If you have any other questions or comments please post them!
The fish I would like are yellow labs, demasoni and hongi. I am not sure on the numbers of fish I can add so if anyone could point me in the right direction that would be great!
Jarred
This is my first post to this website. I have kept fish for at least 14 years. I have fresh water tank for the first 11 years. I had cichlids in a 20 high a year before I got into salt water tanks. Three years ago I switched to reef tanks. I got good at reef keeping and now I want to go back to fresh water. I just bought a used 90 gallon tank and I plan on setting it up with cichlids instead of saltwater.
This time I would like to do it properly and I'm not sure how different the system setup for fresh water is from salt water. I have a small sump with some bio-balls and a mag drive 7 for a return. For lights I have a wave point 4x54w t5ho light. I know it is too much for this tank and would like to go with a few simple LED strips.
The stuff I am not sure about is the kinds of rocks and substrate I can use. Will I need more power heads? Can I put live plants in the tank with them?
If you have any other questions or comments please post them!
The fish I would like are yellow labs, demasoni and hongi. I am not sure on the numbers of fish I can add so if anyone could point me in the right direction that would be great!
Jarred
